The joy of success is short-lived. Everyone looks forward to the day they will graduate college. Four years of long nights spent in the library, and in my case, early mornings on the football field and late nights studying, all culminating in the celebration of commencement. 17 years of schooling…

Have you ever wondered how your childhood has affected your personality? Psychology, going all the way back to Freud, has placed a large emphasis on how our childhood and the relationships we form with our caregivers can affect our interpersonal relationships for the rest of our lives. John Bowlby was…

I spent Thanksgiving in North Carolina with my girlfriend and her family this year. We stayed at their house somewhere high up in the mountains of northwest NC. I was thrilled to be able to get away from the busy, fast, North Jersey lifestyle for just a few days. There…

It’s difficult to find the motivation to be as productive from home as you would be in the office. You’re alone, your workspace is as comfy as could be, and there’s no one watching over your shoulder to keep you accountable. Even once you get started it’s hard not to…

I thought I was a good person. Turns out I wasn’t. I thought I stood for the right values, but my actions never seemed to dictate that. I thought I stood for love. Turns out I was full of hate and didn’t even know why. I was manipulative without having…

Most of the time I don’t know what I want to write about until I pick up a pen or start typing. Sometimes I’m under the illusion that a completely original idea will just spark in my mind and I’ll have plenty to think about, plenty to write about. But…

“Joy wouldn’t feel so good if it wasn’t for pain”. We appreciate comfort because we know discomfort. We appreciate gain because we know loss. We enjoy vacation because we know just how difficult it is to have a full workload. But, plan a vacation a few days too long and…

Whether you like to believe it or not, we each have several versions of ourselves. I know for sure that I act and think differently when I am alone compared to when I am acting in society. I am highly critical of myself in social situations, so I constantly find…

I grew tired of being on my phone yesterday and just felt drained from the constant stimulation I had become accustomed to. I felt enslaved to my phone and the experience of my phone began to be accompanied with dread instead of excitement. I had to find the right Youtube…